One of the most common sentiments you’ll hear among Asian Americans is the feeling of being torn between two worlds. As immigrants and children of immigrants, Asian Americans have a stake in multiple cultures, nations and principles. Trying to perform this self-imposed balancing act of Asian vs. American just obscures the actual nuances of Asian American identity. In reality, Asian Americans have their own stories to tell that neither BTS nor President Joe Biden know anything about. Asian Americans aren’t here to become fully-fledged, patriotic Americans or to be ambassadors for trivialized cultural niceties.

Source: Daily Sun June 23, 2022 00:30 UTC